THE LU UR PAINTER (‘L’), PROBABLY LUSTRED IN THE WORKSHOP OF MAESTRO GIORGIO IN GUBBIO, PAINTED IN URBINO, SIGNED AND DATED 1533

Francis Douce (1757-1834), bequeathed to Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783-1848);

Adolf von Beckerath Collection, Rudolph Lepke sale, Berlin, 5 November 1913, lot 339;

Max Bondi Collection;

His sale, Galleria Lurati, Milan, 9-20 December 1929, lot 181;

Dr. Robert Bak Collection, New York (not included in his sale, Sotheby's London, 7 December 1965);

Paolo Sprovieri Collection; 

Semenzat, Florence, 15 December 2001, lot 130;

Semenzato, Florence, 19 December 2002, lot 184;

Tondolo Collection, Bari;

Christie's London, 4 June 2013, lot 5;

Where acquired.

Gubbio, Palazzo Ducale, La Via della Ceramica tra Umbria e Marche, June 2010-January 2011, no.2.39. 

T. Wilson, The Golden Age of Italian Maiolica Painting. Catalogue of a private collection, Turin 2018, pp.266-268, note 10;

E. A. Sannipoli et al., La Via Della Ceramica Tra Umbria e Marche, Maioliche Rinascimentali da Collezioni Private, Gubbio, Exhibition Catalogue, Città di Castello, 2010, pp.186-187;

J. Lessmann, “Bildfliesen von Francesco Xanto Avelli zur Geschichte Persiens”, Keramos 186, 2004, pp. 61-85, citing this piece on p. 81;

T. Wilson, Italian Maiolica of the Renaissance, Milan, 1996, pp.220-222, no.94;

T. Wilson, “'Il pittore di maiolica 'Lu Ur’”, in Fimantiquari, anno 2, 1993, no.2, figs. 7 and 8;

J. Lessmann, 'Xanto's Panels', in The Burlington Magazine, no.132, 1990, p.349, n. 25;

J.V.G Mallet, “Xanto: I suoi compagni e seguaci” in Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo. Atti del convegno Internazionale di Studi 1980, Rovigo, 1988, p.76;

G. Ballardini, Corpus della Maiolica Italiana, II, Le Maioliche Datate Dal 1531 al 1535, Rome, 1938, no.110, figs. 105 and 294 R.